FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2642140 · Received July 6, 2012

Report

Report Number
1030489-2012-01103
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 6, 2012
Report Date
June 7, 2012
Manufacturer
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
Product Code
NQP
PMA / PMN Number
K113174
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). CATALOG # 7893030 WITH 510K # K052609; CATALOG # 7896550 AND 7895550 WITH 510K # K050809 WAS CLEARED IN THE UNITED STATES. DEVICES OF MULTIPLE PART/LOT NUMBERS WERE IMPLANTED DURING THE PROCEDURE INCLUDING: PART: 7893030 / LOT: W07B0688 (X2), MANUFACTURED: FEB 02, 2007 PART: 7895550 / LOT: 0003176W, MANUFACTURED: DEC 02, 2008 PART: 7895550 / LOT: W08J2333, MANUFACTURED: SEPT 12, 2008 PART: 7896540 / LOT: W08H3032 (X2), MANUFACTURED: AUG 08, 2008 ALTHOUGH IT IS UNKNOWN WHICH OF THESE DEVICES CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT, WE ARE FILING THIS MDR FOR NOTIFICATION PURPOSES.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

LITERATURE ARTICLE CITATION: HIGGS, G.B. ET AL., "RETRIEVAL ANALYSIS OF PEEK RODS FOR POSTERIOR LUMBAR STABILIZATION AND FUSION". WWW.MEDICALPEEK.ORG. DATE OF EVENT IS UNKNOWN. (B)(4). NEITHER THE DEVICE NOR FILMS OF APPLICABLE IMAGING STUDIES WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION. THEREFORE, WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE DEFINITIVE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT. ALTHOUGH IT IS UNKNOWN IF A MEDTRONIC DEVICE CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT, WE ARE FILING THIS MDR FOR NOTIFICATION PURPOSES.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO CHARACTERIZE THE REASONS FOR REVISION, HISTOLOGICAL RESPONSES, MECHANISMS OF SURFACE CHANGES, AND CRYSTALLINITY CHANGES OF RETRIEVED PEEK RODS USED IN POSTERIOR SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION. ELEVEN FIXATION SYSTEMS (9 PEEK AND 2 METALLIC SYSTEMS) WERE COLLECTED AFTER REVISION SURGERY, PROVIDING 17 PEEK RODS FOR ANALYSIS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ONE PATIENT WAS REVISED AT L5-S1 AFTER 2.6 YEARS DUE TO PAIN. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT WAS NOT REVISED DUE TO ROD FRACTURE AND THIS PATIENT WAS NOT A RECIPIENT OF TISSUE. NO OTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED. NO ADDITIONAL RESULTS FROM THE STUDY WERE GIVEN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION, FOR DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE NQP WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00052 YR Required Intervention PEEK RODS AND NON-CANNULATED MAS SCREWS